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Atlanta, Ga., (May 11, 2011) ---The Women's United States Basketball Association (WUSBA) today announces the call for professional basketball players. The positions are for all WUSBA team. The WUSBA will begin the inaugural season with sixteen teams divided into four divisions, spread over nine southern states. The WUSBA owns and operates all teams. Each team operates independently of each other. Each team has a Regional Event Manager assigned as team representative[read more]

Atlanta, Ga., (May 11, 2011) ---The Women's United States Basketball Association (WUSBA) today announces the call for professional basketball players. The positions are for all WUSBA team. The WUSBA will begin the inaugural season with sixteen teams divided into four divisions, spread over nine southern states. The WUSBA owns and operates all teams. Each team operates independently of each other. Each team has a Regional Event Manager assigned as team representative.

Collegiate, minor league and international players are invited to submit resumes and biographies for consideration. 'We are also extending an invitation to basketball players who are based in our team cities as well as collegiate and former WNBA.'

The WUSBA 2011 basketball season runs from June 8, 2010 to September 4, 2011. Each team plays a twenty eight game schedule, fourteen home and fourteen away. The league has a mid season All Star Classic Gala basketball game scheduled for the 3rd week of July. The WUSBA Championship Playoff series begins August 29, 2011, with the Championship game on September 4, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. Individual team tryouts will be held in each team city on May 21, 2011.

The divisions and teams are as follows:

The Southern Division will field the Atlanta Platinum, the Birmingham Starz, the Montgomery Spirit, and the Macon Storm.

The Appalachian Division houses the Nashville Thunder, the Chattanooga Royal, the West Virginia Capitals, and the Knoxville Reign.

The Atlantic Division will consist of the Jacksonville Surf, the Savannah Seahawks, the Charleston Cadets and the Richmond Colonials.

The Piedmont Division will take the court as the Charlotte Blue Wave, the Columbia Breeze, the Winston Salem Cardinals and the Augusta Raging River.

The WUSBA will not charge a fee for players to try out for a team. 'We have never had these fees as a part of our revenue stream we want qualified candidate to come take a chance and tryout. We do require all basketball players to have a minimum of two years collegiate playing experience.'

WUSBA president Duane Jenkins says, 'Announcing local tryouts gives us a prime opportunity for us to look closely at local talent and make the selection of players easy for our teams. We want our fans to be able to become familiar with the players and coaches and quite simply, the players and coaches will have ample time for players to select a team of his choice.'

The league has developed a comprehensive package for the basketball players. Players are paid $300.00 per week. Players also receive free housing accommodations and a daily meal at Golden Corral Buffet Restaurant. As a bonus, players will receive compensation for sponsor speaking engagements and sponsorship sales.

According to the league, each player candidate should submit his resume or film. All candidates will receive a response. 'We expect a huge response and I suggest any candidate wishing to be considered should submit their resume no later than May 20, 2011 said Jenkins. 'We're very excited about the upcoming season. None of our teams have players in place and this is a great opportunity for an aspiring individual who has the propensity to lead and succeed.' Players are asked to submit their resumes to southernbasketballassociation@yahoo.com.

WUSBA and CBS Radio set to meet; League could broadcast 2011 basketball games- Mar.30, 2011 (by *AddMe)

Atlanta, Ga. (March 30, 2011) -----The Women's United States Basketball Association (WUSBA) and its parent company the Alden Group Holding Company, LLC have agreed to meet with Columbia Broadcast System Radio division (CBS Radio Stations) to hammer out an agreement to radio broadcast all WUSBA basketball games during the 2011 season[read more]

Atlanta, Ga. (March 30, 2011) -----The Women's United States Basketball Association (WUSBA) and its parent company the Alden Group Holding Company, LLC have agreed to meet with Columbia Broadcast System Radio division (CBS Radio Stations) to hammer out an agreement to radio broadcast all WUSBA basketball games during the 2011 season.

'The partnership with CBS Radio could substantially strengthen the promotion of our women's basketball program within our teams markets and it could provide our association a significant advantage to our sponsors,' said WUSBA president Duane Jenkins.

If an agreement can be reached, CBS affiliates will broadcast all of the WUSBA regular season and postseason games, including a 30-minute pregame show and a 15-minute post game show. The station's will also be the radio home of the Coaches Corner, a live weekly radio program with the head coach of each team hosting an informal sports forum, designed to introduce players and coaches to their communities.

'We are very encouraged with about this agreement with Clear Channel Communications, whose stations boasts the rare combination of championship heritage with excellent programming that has risen to new heights and will help our exciting young league. We are committed to bringing our listeners the best in sports as our fan base is very knowledgeable and very passionate about the game of basketball,' said Jenkins. 'If we can pull this together, this would be a major milestone for the league and our sponsors'.

In addition to broadcasts, the partnership will fully integrate men's basketball into programming and promotion of each station including: on-air/on-line imaging, on-site events, enhanced coverage of games and, and multi-media advertising to promote its association. Production initiatives will include live coverage of women's basketball events, with the opportunity to promote and highlight WUSBA teams ticketing and marketing initiatives.

Under the proposal, CBS Radio and its affiliates would provide enhanced streaming and pod casting of programming that could be simulcast the WUSBA website, at no additional cost to the sponsors or the advertisers of the WUSBA, making free content available to the fans league wide.

'Additional components of the agreement would include weekly WUSBA updates to occur during daily programming, and the airing of a weekly basketball coachs show. Increasing visibility for our entire league and our basketball games is a significant step up in our growth,' said Jenkins.

'We are pleased to be expanding our radio broadcast reach for our women's basketball program. With this new affiliation, we can greatly benefit our sponsors, advertisers and fans throughout our southern footprint.'

According to the league, an agreement could be finalized over the next few weeks. Further negotiations are progressing and still ongoing.

Atlanta, Georgia (March 23, 2011) ---- The Women's United States Basketball Association (WUSBA), today, announced its plans for an unprecedented single ticket promotion that will include all teams. According to league officials the WUSBA will initiate the inaugural season with a special single ticket offering. The promotion will include all twenty teams in the league during the 2011 regular basketball season.
The league has set aside all single ticket sales per home game in each city[read more]

Atlanta, Georgia (March 23, 2011) ---- The Women's United States Basketball Association (WUSBA), today, announced its plans for an unprecedented single ticket promotion that will include all teams. According to league officials the WUSBA will initiate the inaugural season with a special single ticket offering. The promotion will include all twenty teams in the league during the 2011 regular basketball season.

The league has set aside all single ticket sales per home game in each city. 'This promotion includes the WUSBA, the WUSBA Youth Outreach, Inc., and many of the leagues partners, sponsors and advertisers', said WUSBA president Duane Allen Jenkins. 'With economy the way it is at this point, we would like to offer the fans high intensity basketball and first class entertainment at a great price'. The promotion will begin on June 8, 2011 and end of the regular basketball season on August 27, 2011.

The WUSBA and The Women's United States Basketball Association Youth Outreach have join forces with Feeding America, Inc., to play great basketball and to stamp out hunger at the same time. The WUSBA, the WUSBA Youth Outreach and their advertisers and sponsors will participate in the promotion. The WUSBA will initiate its inaugural basketball season with the 2011 Single Game Ticket Extravaganza. Each team will offer a single game ticket for $8.00 and with the purchase of one ticket and the bringing of three can goods of food that will be donated to Feed America's food bank in the teams town; the fan will receive one additional ticket for free. In addition to the buy one single game ticket and get one single game ticket free, the purchasing ticket will receive a complimentary hot dog, hamburger or chicken sandwich and a large drink. Each purchaser of the single game ticket will be included in raffle drawing sponsored by the the WUSBA Youth Outreach and its sponsors. The drawing will be held during halftime of the last home game. The goal of the league and our commitment to fight hunger, the WUSBA and the WUSBA Youth Outreach will collect 1,215,000 cans of food and donate $ 5,000.00 to Feed America and their local food banks in each of the leagues twenty cities. A grand total of $100,000.00 will be donated to this fine organization and its local food banks as a result of this limited promotion.

According to the league, each single ticket purchased will be automatically included in a raffle. The raffle is sponsored by the WUSBA Youth Outreach, Inc. The prize give-away will take place at halftime of the last home game of each WUSBA team. All single ticket holders are eligible to participate in this drawing sponsored by the WUSBA Youth Outreach, Inc.

The prize list is as follows:

The 2011 WUSBA Single Game Ticket Extravaganza Raffle Drawing Prizes:

Grand Prize: One 2011 Toyota Corolla CE 4 Door Sedan (One automobile given away in each team city, 20 total league wide)

2nd Prize: Disney World Family Vacation (Family of four, four days and nights, airfare on Air Tran Airlines, transfers to and from the airport, accommodation at a Disney Theme Park Resort Hotel with meals, daily theme park passes for the family. two vacations given away in each team city, 40 total league wide)

3rd Prize: Seafarer Cruise Extravaganza (Trip for two to Miami, Florida, airfare on Air Tran Airlines, two day stay at an Intercontentintal Hotel, a roundtrip one day cruise for two to Nassau, Bahamas aboard Discovery Cruise, dinner for two at Outback Steak House, breakfast for two at International House of Pancake, and a one day car rental from Enterprise Car Rental, two trips given away in each team city, 40 total league wide)

4th prize: Outback Steakhouse Family Feast ($60.00 gift card, twenty- five gift cards given away in each team city, 500 total league wide.

7th Prize: Papa John's Pizza Explosion (One large specialty pizza, fifty pizzas given away in each team city, 1000 total league wide).

8th Prize: AMC Movie Ticket Fiesta (One pair of AMC movie tickets, twenty five pair of tickets given away in each team city, 500 total tickets league wide).

'All drawings for this promotion will be held at during the course of the teams final home game and, as far as we know, this appears to be the biggest and most extravagant single ticket promotion in the history of minor league sports', said Jenkins. 'We plan to go all out and begin our first season with a bang and all of our games will be geared toward top notched basketball competition, family fun and entertainment surrounded in a faith based environment, our goal is to offer each community a great experience', said Mr. Jenkins. 'We hope to see you and your friends, court side in 2011.'

About the Women's United States Basketball Association (WUSBA) --- The WUSBA is a triple AAA summer professional women's basketball league. The league was founded in January 2010. The league is headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The WUSBA will show case players, coaches and dance team members for the WNBA and the International basketball community. The season will begin June 8, 2011. The regular season will end on September 4, 2011. Each team will play a twenty eight game schedule, which will include 14 home games and 14 away games. The league will host a mid season All Star Game and a season ending Championship play-off series. Elite players can be catapulted to enjoy further basketball career opportunities in the WNBA as well as exposure to the many professional International leagues from around the world. The WUSBA will accept eligible collegiate players from the NCAA. League advises college students to seek legal advice from an attorney and counsel from family, coaches or friends before contacting the WUSBA. The league age limit is 20 years old.

About the WUSBA Youth Outreach, Inc., --- The WUSBA Youth Outreach, Inc., is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit company; the company was founded in January 2010. Approval for nonprofit status has been applied for and approval will be awarded. The WUSBA Youth Outreach gives aid to people in the community in need, regardless of race, gender, religion, age or any other positions of a persons life. Programs offered by the WUSBA Youth Outreach, Inc., can be seen by going to www.usbaball.com , click on WUSBA Youth Outreach page

Rules and DisclaimerPurchase of a single game ticket to any 2011 WUSBA team home game necessary to be included in the raffle drawing. The WUSBA Youth Outreach, Inc. is the sponsor of this promotion. This promotion is open to all residents of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia who purchase a single game ticket during this promotion. The promotion ends August 27, 2011 at 7:25 pm.

WUSBA employees, family member of WUSBA employees, team members, Single Game Ticket Extravaganza sponsors, their employees and their families are ineligible to participate in this promotion. Participants must be at least 18 years old to participate in this promotion. One entry in raffle per single game ticket purchased. No other restrictions apply.

No substitution of prizes. Prizes are not refundable or transferable. Prize winners are responsible for all taxes and /or gratuity associated with prizes won in this promotion.

Odds of winning any prize in this promotion will be determined in direct relation of the number of single game tickets sold during this promotion. (Example: 20,000 single tickets sold per WUSBA team season, Grand Prize winning odds are 20,000 to 1, 2nd prize winning odds are 10,000 to 1, 3rd Prize winning odds are 10,000 to 1, 4th Prize winning odds are 800 to 1, each, 5th prize winning odds are 800 to 1, 6th Prize winning odds are 800 to 1, 7th Prize winning odds are 400 to 1 and 8th Prize winning odds are 400 to 1). The WUSBA has set aside 20,000 single game tickets per WUSBA team city to be sold. An odd of winning a prize in this promotion is derived on a per city basis only. If two single game tickets are purchased by the same individual during the course of the 2011 basketball season and before 7:25 pm on August 27, 2011, the odds will increase to give the ticket holder double the chance of winning a prize.

This promotion is a WUSBA Youth Outreach sponsored event. The WUSBA Youth Outreach, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) not for Profit Company. Season ticket purchases are not included in this promotion. 2nd and 3rd Prize winners must make travel reservation through the WUSBA. Travel blackout periods may affect certain travel dates. Grand Prize winners have a choice of color and transmission. Promotion is void where prohibited by law.

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